Pad holder



July 19,1938., PQILOBRIEN. v 2,124,429 l PAD' HOLDER l Filed April 1o,1.937

. lNvEN-roR f Pa. r/rer J.' OB/r/a/v BY l ATTQR EY Patented July 19,1938 UNITED STATES PAD' HOLDER Parker J. OBrien, Brooklyn, N. Y.,assignor of v v ',l one-half to John G. Merrow, New York, N. Y.

Application April 1o, 1937, serial No. 136,139

4 claims. (o1. 152o9 'I'his invention relates to devices for detachfably coupling pad and pui bodies in connection therewith to form ahandle or supporting member therefor in the use of the pads or other lbodies, and particularly in the supporting of scouring or cleansing padscomposed of woven wire, steel wool and similar materials; and the objectof the invention is to provide a holder for body members or pads of theclass described having means in the form of a Ushaped clip adapted tobethreaded through a part of the pad in coupling the same with a handlemember; a further object being to provide a clip or coupling means fordevices of the class de- `.lll scribed, which yis arc-shaped in form soas to draw the pad in engagement with the holder in the operation ofcoupling the pad therewith;

a still further object being to provide a holder or handle member havinga chamber or recess,

$ in the lower surface thereof, through which the U-shaped clip or theside arms thereof is adapted to pass, said arms being disposed withinthe boundaries of the recess in said member; a still further objectbeing to provide means for spready2li ing the pointed ends of the armsof said clip l to aid in retaining the clip against displacement fromsaid member; and with these and other objects in view the invention,consists in a device of the class and for the purpose specied which 30is simple in construction, eilicient in use and which is constructed ashereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying draw- 35 ing forms a part, in which the separateparts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference charactersin each of the views, and in which: f

Fig. 1 is a side and sectional view of a de- 40 vice made according tomy invention, illustrating one method of its use.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1 illustrating acoupling clip which I employ in detached position.

45 Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of the structure shown in Fig. 1 withpart of the construction broken away; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing another I use of the device.

50 In practice, I provide a supporting body or handle member 5 which ispreferably composed of a non-metallic material, especially when used inconjunction with scouring pads, sponges and the like but which may becomposed of any de- 55 sired material when used in conjunction withpuffs or other applicators, which are not sub-W5 jected to moisture inthefuse thereof.

The bodyy 5 is in theform of adisk having `a recess 5 inthe lowersurface thereof to form a peripheral downwardly extending flange l, and`V5 centrally of the upper end of the body 5 is ai'- knob or other fingerpiece 8 facilitating the ygrasping of the device, by the hand, in theuse thereof.

One side of the body 5A is provided with a pairr` 10 of small downwardlyextending apertures 9, in"" which is adapted to be mounted a' couplingclip Ill, substantially U-shaped in form, that is to say, the clip isprovided with a narrow cross head I I at its outer end and with curvedarms I2 extending from the ends of .the cross head* and being flaredoutwardly in the direction of the free pointed ends I3 thereof, asclearly seen in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

The arms I2 of the clip or coupling member 20 Illare adapted to be movedtogether in theirfipassage through the apertures 9, and saidarms extendacross the central portion of the U-shaped recess 6 `and the pointedends I3 are adapted to enter outwardly flared recesses I4 inthe bot- 25tom wall of the recess 6, as clearly seen in Figsnf land 3 of thedrawing. By outwardly ilaring the recesses I4, the pointed ends I3 ofthe arms I2 will be flexed outwardly toaid in securing the clip I Ilagainst displacement from the body 5.

When the clip isin its innermostposition their cross head I I thereof isdisposed in 'close proximity to the other surface of the bcdy,preferably at the corner portions I 5 thereof, so as not to form anobjectionable projection, while at the same time facilitating thegrasping thereof, in the operation of removing the clip forthe removalof a worn out pad or other element I6, and in the operation of couplinganother pad therewith.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing, I 6 repre- 40 sents a pad of steelwool or similar material, whereasin Fig. 4 of the drawing, I haveindicated at Ilia a pad or sponge of woven wire. In this connection, itwill be understood that any, kind or class of element I G-Ia may beattached to the body 5 depending entirely upon the use to which thedevice is to be applied, for example, a powder puff or an ordinarysponge, rubber pad or rubber spongev and similar elements may beapplied. It will also be understood, in this connection, that the sizeof the body 5 may be varied and modied to suit the different uses.

In coupling the element with the body 5, the same is simply placed overthe recess 6 and pressed 55 into this recess by the hand and the clip l0is moved from the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 to thefull line position, in which operation the curved arms l2 will pass intoand through that part of the body of the element arranged in the recess,and will have a tendency to draw this material inwardly into the recessto firmly retain the element against displacement from the body 5.

Upon consideration of Fig. l of the drawing, it will be understood thatthe arms l2 are arranged within the boundaries of the recess E or, inother words, inwardly of the lower edge of the flange 'l so that thesearms will not Contact a surface over which the device is moved shouldthe element become worn sufficiently to expose said arms.

In using the device in connection with steel wool, it will be apparentthat after a pad orsponge of this material of a premanufactured form hasbecome worn to some degree, the same may be temporarily detached andfolded orpiled together in a smaller body rand then recoupled with theholder, in this way no `real waste will be experienced.

By employing a holder or handle member of the class described with asimple and economical form of clip or coupling member, a very practicaland useful means is provided for utilizing various kinds of cleansingsponges or pads as well asapplicators. It will also be apparent that theclip extends through a relatively Wide or large area of the pad or otherelement, and this will serve to` support the element I6 in closeproximity to the lower edge of the flange 1, as clearly illustrated inFig. 1 of the drawing.

I-lavingy fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:- Y

1. A handle member or mounting for cleaning `:pads and similarelements,saidmember c'omprising a large circular disc having a reduced knob orfinger piece centrally of its upper surface, said disc having a largeshallowrecess in the lower surface thereof, a clip comprising a U-shapedmember consisting of a crosshead and elongated curved side arms, thecurvature of said f side arms being convex with respect to the bottomwall of said recess, and said arms being slidably lsupported in an edgeof said disc and adapted to'move transversely of said recess to engage acleaning pad arranged in said recess and to retain said pad againstdisplacement from said disc.

2. A handle member or mounting for cleaning pads and similar elements,said member comprising a large circular disc having a reduced knob orfinger piece centrally of the upper surface, said disc having a largeshallow recess in the lower surface thereof, a clip comprising aU-shaped 5 member consisting of a crosshead and elongated curved sidearms, the curvature of said side arms being convex With respect to thebottom wall of said recess, said arms being slidably supported in anedge of said disc and adapted to move transversely of said recess toengage a cleaning pad arranged in said recess and to retain said padagainst displacement from said disc, said arms flaring outwardly withrespect to said crosshead, and the free ends thereof being pointed.

3. A handle member or mounting for cleaning pads and similar elements,said member comprising a large circular disc having a reduced knob oriinger piece centrally of its upper surface, said disc having a largeshallow recess in the lower surface thereof, a clip comprising aU-shaped member consisting of a crosshead and Aelongated curved sidearms, the curvature of said side arms being convex with respect to thebottom wall of said recess, said arms being slldably supported in Q25 anedge of said disc and adapted to move transversely of s aid recess toengage a cleaning pad arranged in said recess and to retain said padagainst displacement from said disc, and said disc having socketsreceiving the free ends of saidiSO arms when the said arms are in padretaining position.

4. A handle member or mounting for cleaning pads and similar elements,said member compris- Y ing a large circular disc having areduced'knobi-B or nger piece centrally of its upper surface, said dischaving a large shallow recess in the lower surface thereof, a clipcomprising a U-shaped member consisting of a crosshead and elongatedcurved side arms, the curvature of said side armsio being convex withrespect to the bottom wall of said recess, said arms being slidablysupported in an edge of said disc and adapted to move transversely ofsaid recess to engage a cleaning pad arranged in said recess and toretain said padi against displacement from said disc, said disc havingsockets receiving the free ends of said arms when the said arms are inpad retaining position, and said sockets being in diverging relationshipto each other so as to spread the ends of the arms's0 in entering saidsockets.

PARKER J. OBRIEN.

